ENROLLEDHFAHB232 4145 2206 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Representative Carlson to Engrossed House Bill No.

232 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative CARLSON,Carlson AMEDEE,AMENDMENT BAYHAM,NO. BILLINGS, BOYER, CHASSION,CREWS,EGAN,GREEN,HEBERT,HORTON,KNOX,LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LYONS, MARCELLE, MELERINE, MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL, OWEN, TAYLOR, WILDER, AND WYBLE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

23:181,1 184(introductoryOn paragraph)page and3, (2)(a),delete 187,line and10 191in andits toentirety repealPage R.S.1 of 1 CODING:

23:183, 184(1), and 188, relative to employment certificates for minors;

to provide for the creation of employment certificate forms;

to provide for the collection of employment certificate forms;

to establish requirements for employment certificate forms;

to provide for the validity and maintenance of employment certificates;

to provide for the revocation of employment certificates;

to remove requirements of schools and school boards issuing, approving, and maintainingemploymentcertificates;toprovideforaneffectivedate;andtoprovide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

23:181, 184(introductory paragraph) and (2)(a), 187, and 191 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§181.

Secretary to prescribe and furnish forms employment certificate form;

form requirements;

collection of forms A.

The secretary shall prescribe and furnish all forms to be used in connection with the issuance of employment certificates by each issuing authority the employment certificate form on the department's website or at its local field offices.

B.

The employment certificate form shall, at a minimum, include the following:

(1) A signature line for the minor seeking employment.

(2) A line on which the minor can indicate the date he signs the certificate.

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232 ENROLLED (3) A statement attesting that the minor's parent or legal guardian consents to and authorizes the minor to be employed and a signature line for the parent or legal guardian affirming such consent and authorization.

(4) A line on which the parent or legal guardian can indicate the date he signs the certificate.

(5) A statement explaining the submission of proofs of age as required by R.S.

23:184 followed by boxes to select what proofs of age the minor intends to submit to the employer.

(6) A line for the minor to provide the name of the prospective employer.

C.

The department shall develop a policy and implement a procedure to collect all employment certificate forms from any employer who employs a minor within this stateThe department shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of this Section.

* * * §184.

Requirementsfor issuance Employment certificaterequirementsfor validity;

proofs of age criteria Employment certificates shall be issued valid and binding only upon the personalapplicationbytheminordesiringemployment,accompaniedbythewritten permission of the minor's parent or legal guardian and upon submission to and approval by the issuing authority employer of the following papers:

(2) One of the following proofs of age:

(a) A birth certificate, a short-form birth certification card, or a signed statement thereof issued by the recorder of births.

* * * §187.

Signing of certificate by minor;